Martin Murray now knows the venue at which he will be vying for world honours for a fifth time.

The St Helens man has been picked as a voluntary defence by Billy Joe Saunders and will take on the Hatfield sensation for his WBO middleweight crown.

Murray, 35, has been out of the ring since last September but his shot at Saunders, which will take place on April 14 and follows failed attempts to become a world champion against Sergio Martinez, Felix Sturm, Gennady Golovkin and Arthur Abraham, was confirmed last week.

And though it was widely expected to be, the O2 Arena in Greenwich was on Thursday rubber-stamped as the place where Murray will face Saunders, as part of a Frank Warren-promoted double-header which will be screened exclusively live on BT Sport and BoxNation.

Saunders dazzled in December when he went over to Canada and outpointed David Lemieux in sensational style, causing his stock to rise tenfold.

And Murray will be hoping to put an end to that momentum when he takes on the former British, Commonwealth and European champion in the spring.